Door and window stop



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K. .1. KNUDSEN DOOR AND WINDOW STOP Filed Dec. 29 1921 Patented oat. as, was.

STATES KNUD J. KNUD SEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DOOR AND WINDOW STOP.

Application filed December 29, 1921; Serial No. 525,649.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, KNUD J. KNUnsnN, citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Door and Window Stops, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being; had to V the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

The invention relates to door and window stops, and is designed to provide a means whereby a tight and weather proof connection is produced and maintained between a door and door frame or a window and window frame.

The invention has as an object the utilization of the strip known as a door stop or window stop (hereinafter referred to as stop), of the ordinary door or window structure and to provide this stop with a simple and effective construction which permits ready movement of the stop relatively to the door or'window. This construction allows the stop to engage and hold the door or window so that wear, shrinkage, warping, etc., may be compensated for, resulting in a tight fitting and weather proof structure, and eliminating rattling of the door or window.

The utilization of the ordinary stop, which is part of the ordinary door or window construction, eliminates the necessity of providing an auxiliary device which would add to the expense of the structure without resulting in a corresponding increase in eificiency.

It is an object of the invention to con struct the stop in such a manner that it may be moved at any time when found necessary without any great inconvenience and without necessitating the removal of any elements of the structure of the invention to efiect an adjustment. 7

It is an additional object to provide an extremely simple arrangement whereby the stop may be securely held in any of its adjusted positions.

Another of the objects of the invention is to provide anarrangement which may. be

interchangeably employed for the stop or-' dinarily provided for the purpose of holding the door or window with respect to the door or window frame. 7

The invention will be explained particularly in conjunction with window sashes and a frame therefor. However, it will.

stop usually extends throughout the entire length of the window frame, is secured to the inner face of the window frame, and usually has one edge abutting against the face of the window sash to hold the inner face of the window sash in its proper position with respect to the frame. The stop is also used for the purpose of providing part of a guideway for the window sash and for maintaining it within the slideway The stophas the further function of maintaining the window sash against the parting strip arranged between the sashes in the frame.

To employ the invention the stop is provided with a plurality of transversely arranged slots with screws passing through the slots intothe window frame. The slots permit the stop to be moved with relation to the window frame to vary the position of the stop with respect to the sash and the frame, to maintain the sash in its proper position to effecta tight and weather .proof connection between it and the frame, when the screws are tightened. I

If so desired, the slots may be lined with suitably elongated ferrule-like metallic members (hereinafter called ferrules) which correspond to the shape of the slots. The provision of the ferrules eliminates wear of the stop when the latter is moved with relation to the screws.

l vashers may be provided upon the screws and arranged betweenthe heads of the screws and the edges of the ferrules. Thus,

when the screws are tightened, the pressure exerted thereby will be transmitted to the ferrules, which prevents the face of the adjustable stop having the slots from becoming marred by the pressure of the screws when the screws are tightened to hold the stop with relation to the door or window frame.

construction of the invention also perinits any one, or all, of the stops to be bodlly strip.

removed from its, or their, association with the door or window frame, and thereby permits the removal of the door or window sash from the frame when this is found necessary or desirable.

In practice the door or window frame will be decorated by the application of paint or varnish prior to the association of the stop with the frame; thus, anymovement or adjustment of the stop will not cause an unsightly appearance of an unpainted or unvarnished surface-which may be exposed when the stop ismoved. o

It is understood that the stop isprovided with aplurality of slots arranged at suitable intervals throughout the length of the Thus, in the event that one of the window sashes is out of vertical alignment ,with the frame, by releasing the screws one that is at an angle, in order to cause a bindend or P the stopmay be moved with respect to the opposite end. The step may also be set out of alignment with the window sash ing action .at the bottom of the window sash and leave the balance of the sash out of contact and. readily. movable, if that be v Furthermore, the step may be desired; moved bodily toward ands-way from the window sash to accomplish the desired end.

The invention will be explained in conjunction with the embodiments thereof illustrated in the drawings, .it being obvious that changes and modifications may be employed without departlng from the spirlt of the invention as expressed in the appended claim formlng a part hereof.

In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan section of fragments of rule and also showing one of the screws in section; and F 1g. 5 is an enlarged perspectlve view of the ferrule employed in the construction.

The structure shown in 1 illustrates the use of a window sill 10 in a window frame generally designated 11, and upper and lower window sashes 12- and 13, respectively, which are slidably arranged within thewindow frame 11. iThe windowframe 11 is finished withthe inner and outer casings 1d and 15, thestationary outer strip 16 and the parting strip 17 The parting strip- 17 is arranged between. the window sashes 12 and 13. -The space-between the strips-16 and 17 produces a slideway18 for "the window sash 12. The strips 16 and 17 are secured in position with relation to the dow frame, and in some cases extends along the lower portion of the window sash.

As stated, it is an object oftheinvention to provide the stop 19 with a structure whereby it ,may be movedfwith relation .to the window frame structure 11 and with relation tothe window sashes 12 and 13 to compensate for anywear, shrinkage, warping and'looseness of the parts of the window structure. A'tightconnection between. the window sashes and the frame is produced which eliminates vibration and rattling of the window sash and produces a tight, weather proof connection between the window sashes and the frame.

To accomplish these ends, the stop 19 is provided with a plurality of slotted apertures 2i which are disposed at suitable intervals throughout its entire length, The

slots 2i are arranged transversely tothe length of the stop. A screw 22 is employed and passed transversely through each of thelslots 21 into the portion 23 of the window frame generally designated 11. One dimension of the slot is less than the di- .mension of the head 24 of the screw 22, vzhich prevents the stop 19. from becoming.

sep rated from the window frame when secured thereto b the screws, yet permits the stop to be ad usted and held'in its adjusted position. 7

Each of the slots 21 ispreferably providedfwith an elongated metallic ferrule 25 which substantially corresponds to the dimensions of the slot 21. The ferrule is provided to prevent wear of the stop 19 at the slots and has the additional function of relieving the face of the stop 19 of the pressure exerted by the head of the screw when the latter is screwed into the portion23 of the window frame to secure the strips in adjusted position, to the edge of the ferrule instead ofdirectly upon the face ofthestop, the stop 19 is pre- As pressure is applied vented from becoming marred, yet is secure- 1y held in its adjusted position with relation tothe door or window frame;

A washer 26 may be employed and interposed between the head 24: of the screw 22- and the adjacent edge of the ferrule 25. The washer 26 may be of any desired shape, and therefore may be of a length suflicient to extend; beyond theopening of the ferrule 25 and hide. the opening, thus improving the appearance of the structure. 7 7

It is evident that by releasing the screws 22 which hold the stop 19 with relation to.

.the window frame, the stop may be moved 7 bodily to any desired position relatively to the window sash, and after the screws are drawn up, the stop is securely held in its adjusted position. It is also manifest that upon the release of the screws one end only of the stop may be moved to effect an adjustment thereof with relation to the Window sash and frame.

It is also obvious that if it is desired to remove the window sash from within the frame the stop may be bodily removed to permit the removal of the window sash from within the frame.

As before stated, the face of the frame portion 23 adjacent the movable stop 19 will be decorated prior to the association of the stop with the window frame, which prevents exposing an unfinished surface upon the adjustment of the stop relatively to the face of the window frame.

referring to Jig. 2, it is evident that a stoa such as 27, which is attached to the door jamb 28, may be also supplied with the invention heretofore described in connection with the structure shown in Fig. l and thus produce the necessary tight connection between the door amb and the door 29 when the latter is closed.

From the foregoing description it is evident that the structure of the invention is capable of association with any door or window frame, and is capable of attachment and adjustment without any great inconvenience, as all that is necessary to apply the device is to remove the stops of the door or window structure and substitute the stop having the structure of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A stop of the character described having an aperture and an elongated ferrule with parallel sides arranged in, and with its parallel sides extending the entire depth of the aperture to permit the adjustment of the stop relatively to the frame with which the stop is adapted to be associated, and with respect to a holding element which is passed through the opening in the ferrule, which holding element has a portion which engages one edge of the ferrule, the other edge of the ferrule being arranged relatively to that face of the stop which is immediately adjacent to the frame so that said last mentioned edge of the ferrule may directly engage the frame and thereby relieve the stop of the holding force applied by-the holding element and apply said force to the frame and ferrule.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 23rd day of December A. D., 1921.

KNUD J. KNUD SEN 

